But something about Captain Planet winning it this year makes the annual Smorgasbord International Celebrity Bureaucrat Award funny all over again. I was going to write a witty, scathing satire peace piece - really I was! - but fortunately Jesse Walker beat me to the punch, and I can spend my valuable gradschool time reading ... oh ... about Linguistics ... or something. Click on the link and check it out! (Reason also has a serious piece on the same subject.)